Bilibili SWOT & PESTLE

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  • ID: 531111
  • 21 Pages
  • May 2025
  • Region: Asia
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About Bilibili

Bilibili Inc., commonly known as Bilibili, is a Chinese online entertainment platform that offers a variety of content, including anime, games, music, and live broadcasting. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China. Bilibili's platform allows users to upload, view, and share videos, as well as interact with other users through comments, bullet chats, and other features. The platform is popular among young Chinese users, especially those interested in anime, gaming, and internet culture. Bilibili also operates an e-commerce platform that sells a wide range of products, including anime and gaming-related merchandise, as well as licensed products from popular franchises. As of early 2023, Bilibili has over 12,000 employees. The company is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange and has a market capitalization of approximately USD 43 billion. Bilibili has expanded its operations into other areas, such as online education, mobile games, and live broadcasting. The company has also invested in the production of original content, including anime and documentaries, and has partnered with leading entertainment companies to distribute their content on its platform. The company has won multiple awards, including the 2020 Red Dot Design Award and the 2020 China Advertising Great Wall Award, for its marketing and branding campaigns.

The USP of Bilibili lies in it being one of the leading entertainment company in China. Bilibili’s mission is to enrich the everyday life of young generations in China.

Business Sector

Entertainment and Media

Operating Geography

China, Asia, Global

Revenue

RMB 19,383 million – FY ending 31st December 2021

RMB 11,999 million – FY ending 31st December 2020

SWOT

SWOT Matrix for Bilibili

Strength

Weakness

  1. Leading video community for young generations in China
  2. Strong and consistently growing user base
  3. Ever-growing wide content ecosystem
  4. Strong backing of strategic partners
  1. Facing continuous losses from the past few years
  2. High reliance on third parties for e-commerce and smart TV streaming

Opportunity

Threat

  1. Further monetization opportunities from expanding userbase, original content
  2. Strategic acquisitions to facilitate growth
  3. Tapping the opportunities in metaverse
  4. Partnership with Anime-Planet to expand Bilibili comics
  1. Fierce competition from video-based industry
  2. Increasing restriction from PRC government to limit online games
  3. Illegal game servers and acts of cheating by users of mobile games

Detailed SWOT Analysis of Bilibili

The detailed SWOT analysis for Bilibili is presented below:

Strength

  1. Leading video community for young generations in China: In China, Bilibili is a well-known brand and a top video community for the younger generation. It offers a wide range of video content catering to a variety of interests, and it has centred its vibrant community on enthusiastic consumers, excellent content, skilled content producers, and their close emotional connection. With its active community and top-notch content, it has achieved unmatched leadership among China's Generation Z+, or Gen Z+, those born between 1985 and 2009. They are regarded as the "golden cohort" in China's video-based sector, according to iResearch, since they are the ones who drive and establish trends for all types of consumption there. Therefore, Bilibili's lively community, along with over a decade of expertise in establishing it, is one of its major competitive advantages.

  2. Strong and consistently growing user base: Bilibili's platform attracts primarily young and culturally aspirant users, with Gen Z+ being its core demographic. Yet, its user base is expanding to encompass individuals of various ages and locations with diverse interests. Bilibili encourages its users to share and produce great content on its site in addition to viewing it. As a result, it is rapidly expanding, with 271.7 million monthly active users in the fourth quarter of 2021, up from 202.0 million in the same time in 2020. Its customers are extremely engaged, spending more than 80 minutes each day on its mobile apps and producing an average of 8.5 billion monthly interactions by 2021. Its official members, who have completed its membership exam, are even more involved and devoted, with roughly 145.3 million members as of December 31, 2021, a 41.6% year-over-year growth. Bilibili provides special interactive elements to official members and has a strong retention rate for those who visit its platform on a regular basis.

Weakness

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Opportunity

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Threat

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PESTLE

PESTLE Matrix for Bilibili

Political

Economic

  1. Heightened tensions in international relations, particularly between the United States and China
  1. Chinese economic downturns impacting businesses
  2. Tech-layoffs due to worsening economy

Social

Technological

  1. Growth of beauty-centric content for Gen Z
  2. Increasing need to control hate speech on online platforms in China
  1. Increasing trend of utilizing virtual personnel in China
  2. Livestream e-commerce is on the rise

Legal

ENVIRONMENTAL

  1. Involvement in lawsuits impact reputation
  2. Intense scrutiny of gaming industry in China
  3. Restrictions on virtual currency will impact online gaming revenue
  1. Sustainability initiatives as part of ESG practices

Detailed PESTLE Analysis of Bilibili

The detailed PESTLE analysis for Bilibili is presented below:

POLITICAL

  1. Heightened tensions in international relations, particularly between the United States and China: In recent times, international relations have been more tense, mainly between the United States and China, but also because of the conflicts in Ukraine and the sanctions on Russia. Relations between the two countries' diplomatic as well as economic ties have been hampered by these tensions. An increase in tensions may cause the two main economies to engage in less trade, investment, technology exchange, and other economic activity. Given Bilibili's reliance on the Chinese market, the current tensions and any further deterioration in relations between the United States and China may negatively affect the general, economic, political, and social circumstances in both nations as well as our operations, financial situation, and company.

ECONOMIC

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SOCIAL

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TECHNOLOGICAL

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LEGAL

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ENVIRONMENTAL

  1. Sustainability initiatives as part of ESG practices: As the negative impact of climate change becomes more apparent, companies are under increasing pressure to take responsibility for their environmental impact and implement sustainable practices. Bilibili is committed to complying with environmental laws and regulations in the countries in which it works, and it has developed standardised environmental protection management. To further promote environmental protection practises, the company established the Bilibili Environmental Management Objectives in 2021. Bilibili has also taken steps to eliminate waste from business operations and deploy energy-saving measures. Bilibili intends to minimise carbon emissions by establishing a comprehensive carbon emission monitoring and management system, as well as optimising carbon emission reduction strategies by closely monitoring emissions from its offices and data centres. Bilibili also plans to expand its green workspace program by improving its energy monitoring and management system and tracking energy consumption in all offices. It will promote paperless workspaces, raise employee awareness of water conservation and waste sorting, and prioritize the use or rental of energy-efficient equipment and venues. In addition to these measures, Bilibili plans to leverage its platform to promote eco-protection, restoration, and biodiversity protection through content campaigns. The company will also collaborate with non-governmental organizations to bring in more eco-protection-related public welfare projects and support healthy environmental development.

Table of Contents

  • Company Overview
    • 1.1 About the Company
    • 1.2 Business Sector
    • 1.3 Operating Geography
    • 1.4 Revenue
  • SWOT Analysis
    • 2.1 SWOT Table/ SWOT Matrix
    • 2.2 SWOT Overview
    • 2.3 Detailed SWOT Analysis
    • 2.4 Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat
  • PESTLE Analysis
    • 3.1 PESTLE Table/ PESTLE Matrix
    • 3.2 PESTLE Overview
    • 3.3 Detailed PESTLE Analysis
    • 3.4 Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental
  • Appendix
    • 4.1 Business Sectors / Diversification
    • 4.2 References used to prepare this reports
  • Conclusion
    • 5.1 Closing thoughts
    • 5.2 Methodology used to prepare this report
    • 5.3 Copyrights and Disclaimer

    References and Copyright

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